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Tender Mercies [Import] [Hardcover]

Rosellen Brown (Author)

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Hardcover: 259 pages
Publisher: Hutchinson (1979)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0091386802
ISBN-13: 978-0091386801
Shipping Weight: 15 ounces

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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed fan of Rosellen Brown, June 25, 2000

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I bought this book and eagerly awaited its arrival having loved Civil Wars and Before and After. This book has an anticipatory depressing premise: a spouse accidentally injures his spouse catastropically. The accident has already occured when the book opens and the family is leaving New York City for the tranquility of their small town, one year after the accident and one year after extensive rehab. This book never has an uplifting moment. Sure, the guilt Dan experiences and the anger of his wife over the accident is expected. But where is the reconciliation? The two kids seem like they are on the periphery throughout the book and despite her injuries, the mother never reaches out to her children. I read this book through hoping it would get better. The Wellseley wife lives this injury solely intellectually. The distance between the husband and wife is palpable yet never breached. I was very disappointed in this book, regretfully so, because I usually adore Ms. Brown's books. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this one.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tender Mercies, June 17, 2000

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This is a lovely, well written, and intimate story of a family in a very difficult situation. It is a thoughful reminder of what is important in living any life.

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4.0 out of 5 stars How Much Guilt is Needed to Destroy a Good Marriage?, May 16, 2009

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This is a tragic novel dealing with the aftermath of an accident that leaves a woman
paralyzed. How much does it take to destroy a good marriage?

The husband inadvertently turns his wife into a quadraplegic by making messing
around with a boat that he really can't operate. His guilt and her bitterness are the
baggage that is ever present in their marriage.

This book is depressing and tragic but very well-written.

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This book cites 6 books:

Before and After by Rosellen Brown in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
Street Games: Stories by Rosellen Brown in Front Matter, and Back Matter
The Autobiography of My Mother by Rosellen Brown in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Civil Wars by Rosellen Brown in Front Matter, and Back Matter
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf in Front Matter

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Before and After by Rosellen Brown in Front Matter, and Back Matter
The Woman in the Red Dress: Gender, Space, and Reading by Minrose C. Gwin on page 27, and Back Matter
Street Games: A Neighborhood (Alive Again Series) by Rosellen Brown in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Midwest Studies in Philosophy Vol. 23: New Directions in Philosophy (Volume XXIII) by Peter A. French on page 335
Writers on Writing (Bread Loaf Anthology) by Robert Pack in Back Matter

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